Tag: carbon emissions
Mundipharma, Vectura collaborate to reformulate asthma inhaler to reduce carbon footprint
They aim to achieve a near-zero-emissions asthma inhaler with a significantly lower impact on global warming
Global healthcare company Mundipharma and Vectura, an inhalation...
Inhaler recycling scheme: Pharmacies in Wolverhampton join the green initiative
Inhalers are estimated to account for three per cent of the overall NHS carbon footprint
Several pharmacies have joined the inhaler recycling scheme in...
What sustainability measures pharmacies can take to help combat climate change?
Pharmacist Clinical Writer, Sandra Hicks shares how pharmacists, patients and pharmaceutical companies can help minimize their impact on the environment
Thanks to increasing environmental...
Importance of environmental sustainability in healthcare highlighted in Scottish Parliament
Royal Pharmaceutical Society highlighted various innovative ways to reduce these carbon emissions, including introducing electronic prescribing.
Representatives for prescribers across Scotland, politicians, academics and clinicians...
Pharmacy’s role in reducing NHS’ carbon emissions highlighted at Welsh Senedd
Medicines account for about 25 per cent of carbon emissions within the NHS
Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) highlighted the work of...
No medicines contracts for suppliers who do not submit evergreen assessment from 2024, says NHSE
The introduction of the evergreen assessment is part of NHS England's ambition to reach carbon net zero by 2045
Starting from January 2024, it will be...